Sliding tray.



No. 803,102. PATENTED 0OT.31, 1905. A. N. HARRIS.

SLIDING TRAY APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 1905.

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TIN IED STATES ADELBERT N. HARRIS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

PATENT FFIGE.

SLIDING TRAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1905.

Application filed January 27, 1905. Serial No. 242,858.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADELBERT N. HARRIS,

.of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in sliding trays and in theirslides, which are particularly designed for display-cabinets.

The object of the invention is to so construct a sliding tray of thisnature that it may readily be removed and replaced in its supports.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and durable trayof this nature having a transparent bottom.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the followingdescription.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the tray and ofits slides on which the tray is movably supported.

Figure 1 represents a cross-sectional view of a series of the improvedtrays and the supports on which said trays slide. Fig. 2 represents aperspective view of one of the supports removed from its bracket. Fig. 3represents a similar view of one of the trays, parts of one end beingbroken away. Fig. 4 representsa longitudinal sectional View of one sideof the tray in the reversed position. Fig. 5 represents across-sectional view of one of the guide-strips, illustrating a modifiedconstruction.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding partsthroughout.

In carrying this invention into practice my object has been to produce adurable ornamental metallic sliding tray having a glass or othertransparent bottom and designed particularly for use in cabinets adaptedfor the display of goods for sale, the conditions of its use requiringthat the tray should be readily removed from its supporting-guides forthe close inspection of goods contained therein and as readily replacedso as to slide on its guides, being when in place held in position fromtipping or other undue movement.

As illustrated herein in its preferred form, 5 5indicateslides,whichhave theinwardly-curved edge portions 6 6, the edgesof which are bent outward to curve under the portions 6 6, as shown. Onthe surfaces of the slides 5 5 are the vertically-extending guides 7 7,the edges of which curve toward the edge portions 6 6.

The trays are formed from sheet metal bent up to form the sides 9 9,having the outwardlybent upper portions 10 10 and the inwardlycurvededges 11 11, corresponding to the curved portions 6 6 and 7 7 of theguides, whereby said portions of the slides may be received within thecorresponding curved portions 10 10 and 11. At the rear of the tray theinwardly-curved portions 11 11 are cut away approximately as shown bythe edges 12 12, Figs. 3 and 4. Rear end 13 of the tray has theoutwardly-curved portion 14, which is connected by the mitered corners15 15 with the similarly-curved portions 10 10 of the sides 9 9, thefront 16 being of any suitable and durable construction, being hereinbroken away to more clearly show the curved portions 10 10 and 11 11 ofthe sides9 9. The sides 9 9 and the front 16 and back 13 are providedwith the inwardly-bent lips 17 17, adapted to support the bottom 18,which is preferably of glass or other transparent material. The slides 55 are supported by the standards AA, which may be of any usualconstruction and shape.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 5 the strip of metal forming the bodyof the guide 5 is bent upward along its median line to form theprojection 5, the side surfaces of which form the guides 8 8.

When placing the tray in position on the guides, the rear ends of thebent portions 10 10 rest on the bent portions of a pair of the plates 55 without any particular nicety of adjustment. Then as the tray ispushed backward the inturned edges 11 11 of the tray sides are guided bythe guides 8 8 beneath the corresponding portions 7 7 of the guideplates5 5, whereby the tipping of the tray forward is prevented. Theengagement of the portions 11 11 of the tray with those 7 7 of theguide-plates is facilitated by the inclined edges 12 12.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination with a pair of sheetmetal plateshaving inwardly-rolled edges to form guides, and upwardly-extendingguide members located between said edges, of a tray comprising asheet-metal frame the edges of which are rolled outward, to embrace therolled edges of the guide-plates, and are cut away at one end wherebysaid rolled edges of the tray sides may be guided beneath thecorresponding portions of the guide-plates by said guide members.

2. The combination with a sheet metal frame comprising sides 9 9 andends 13 and 16 having inwardly-bent lips 17 17 sides havingoutwardly-curved portions 1O 10 with inwardly-bent edges 11 11, and aglass plate 18 supported by the lips 17 17, of suitable guides for saidedge portions, substantially as described.

3. The combination with plates 5 5 having

